Years of efforts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mend relations with former president Trump may have shown some progress in the wake of the assassination attempt against Trump.
Netanyahu allies have met with Trump on at least four occasions over the past three years to try to repair ties, which deteriorated after Netanyahu congratulated Biden for his victory in the 2020 election.
One went so far as to bring a copy of Netanyahu's book to Mar-a-Lago and read passages praising Trump, according to a Netanyahu aide.
"But every time we thought we managed to put this behind us we discovered that it didn't work and that Trump was still angry," the aide told Axios.
Netanyahu aides worry relations won't be as close if Trump wins in November as they were during his first term.
They were encouraged, however, that after Netanyahu sent Trump a video condemning Saturday's assassination attempt, Trump posted it on Truth Social.
